Leroy Sane Scores Germany's Second-Fastest Goal In FIFA World Cup History

Published 25 June 2026 · sports

Leroy Sane Scores Germany's Second-Fastest Goal In FIFA World Cup History Published By, Last Updated: June 26, 2026, 02:36 IST In the FIFA World Cup

Leroy Sane Scores Germany's Second-Fastest Goal In FIFA World Cup History Published By, Last Updated: June 26, 2026, 02:36 IST In the FIFA World Cup 2026 match at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, winger Leroy Sane needed just 1 minute and 49 seconds to open the scoring for Germany against Ecuador. Leroy Sane celebrates after scoring Germany's opening goal against Ecuador. (Picture Credit: AP) Four-time champions Germany are taking on Ecuador in their third and final Group E match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on Thursday (Friday IST). In the fixture at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, winger Leroy Sane needed just 1 minute and 49 seconds to open the scoring. He scored his first-ever goal for Germany in a major tournament (the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship) on Thursday, and the strike also helped him enter the record books.

The goal by the former Manchester City and Bayern Munich star is the second-fastest goal scored by a German player in a FIFA World Cup match. The record for the fastest goal scored by a German player in a FIFA World Cup match is held by Ernest Lehner. In the third-place match of the 1934 FIFA World Cup, Lehner needed just 25 seconds to score against Austria at Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli in Naples. The overall record for the fastest goal in FIFA World Cup history is held by Turkey’s Hakan Sukur. Sukur scored after just 11 seconds in the third-place match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup against South Korea at Daegu World Cup Stadium in Daegu. Fastest goals in FIFA World Cup PLAYER COUNTRY TIME AGAINST VENUE YEAR Hakan Sukur Turkey 11 seconds South Korea Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu 2002 Vaclav Masek Czechoslovakia 15 seconds Mexico Estadio Sausalito, Vina del Mar 1962 Ernest Lehner Germany 25 seconds Austria Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples 1934 Bryan Robson England 28 seconds France San Mames, Bilbao 1982 Clint Dempsey USA 30 seconds Ghana Arena das Dunas, Natal 2014 Bernard Lacombe France 31 seconds Italy Estadio Jose Maria Minella, Mar del Plata 1978 Arne Nyberg Sweden 35 seconds Hungary Parc des Princes, Paris 1938 Emile Veinante France 35 seconds Belgium Stade Olympique, Colombes 1938 Florian Albert Hungary 50 seconds Bulgaria Estadio Braden Copper Co., Rancagua 1962 Adalbert Desu Romania 50 seconds Peru Estadio Pocitos, Montevideo 1930 Seung Zin Pak North Korea 50 seconds Portugal Goodison Park, Liverpool 1966 Celso Ayala Paraguay 52 seconds Nigeria Stade Municipal, Toulouse 1998 Mathias Jorgensen Denmark 55 seconds Croatia Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod 2018 So far, a total of 13 goals have been scored within the opening minute of a FIFA World Cup match.